Random Y's inserted in names...(Madys...
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Random Y's inserted in names...(Madys...
| Tue, 07-25-2006 - 10:59am |
Random Y's inserted in names...(Madysyon, Logyn, Aydyn, etc.)
- cool & unique
- feminine
- misspelled
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I think it often looks misspelled/uneducated:
Madisyn, Kristyn, Brynlee, Jordyn (and don't even get me started on names with more than one "y"!!)
It really gets me when a boy is given the random "y" because it seems very feminine to me.
I know someone who just named their son Bradyn and I think it looks like a girl's name.
Marla
Funny how you see this all the time when parents "feminize" a boy name for a girl, and yet not a single person has voted that this actually looks more feminine. Perhaps we can direct them to this poll next time the question arises?
On a side note, am I the only one that mentally pronounces misspelled names differently? For example, in the examples listed, my mind sees/wants to say Maddy-see-on (sounds like a Spanish word for medicinal or something LOL), Lo-GINE (like the beginning of gynecologist, as in OB/GYN ... this one kills me) and Ay-DYNN. The pp mentioning Kyndyll (not sure of the misspelling but something like that) really got me too, because I'd say Kin-DILL instead of simply Kendall for this one. ;)
Just wondered if it was just me.
~Kelli
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You're not the only one -- I actually just opened this thread to write the exact same thing.
Misplaced Ys really confuse me because it makes me think the parents did it in an effort to clarifying the pronounciation they wanted.
If McKenna/Makenna is spelled Mykenna...then shouldn't it be pronounced My-kenna? Ditto Madyson -- shouldn't that be Maddie-son?
For a long time whenever I met someone with a misplaced Y and I saw it in writing first, I would pronounce it phonetically. After a few dozen parents said, "Oh no, it's pronounced like Makenna. We just liked the way it looked with a Y." I caught on and now I try to pronounce these names the same way I would pronounce them if they were spelled the traditional way. (Which baffles me, because why change the spelling if you don't want to change the pronounciation? But whatever...) I still mispronounce them in my head though. As much as I try to remember, I can't help but see Mykenna as "My-kenna".
Ooh! Mykenna/My-kenna was another one (I just saw that mentioned too LOL). So glad to know I'm not the only one. It's so hard to stop myself from "mispronouncing" names like these when I see them in writing, as you mentioned. Maybe I'll stop trying so hard -- that should be interesting.
~Kelli
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Funny how you see this all the time when parents "feminize" a boy name for a girl, and yet not a single person has voted that this actually looks more feminine. Perhaps we can direct them to this poll next time the question arises?
This is actually the reason I posted this.